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KARUNA INSIGHT DESIGN Karuna ‘Insight design’ was specifically developed to demonstrate sustainable land management and low impact living as a way to heal ourselves, others and the planet.

The project is located in Shropshire, within an area of outstanding natural beauty on the upper fringes of the Long Mynd.

This 18 acre project designed through ‘Insight’, serves as a permaculture and forest gardening demonstration site. Previously low quality, overgrazed fields have been transformed into (probably) the largest forest garden in the country. Insight design is an uncommon approach using past experience and intuition as the main source of inspiration for action.

LearningVisitors, students and volunteers explore and experience some of the possibilities that exist to help revitalise the British countryside and to help the nation accommodate, feed and power itself in the most positive way.

Forest gardenAs a small family of four we planted an extremely diverse mix of over 10,000 trees, starting in 2006. Imagine, we planted and mulched 4,000 trees in a single season! Trees include traditional fruit trees and nitrogen fixing trees, plus there’s many other plants and herbs, thus laying the foundations for the practice of forest gardening, using permaculture principles as a guide.

“Karuna is a Sanskrit word meaning compassion.”

“On site energy at Karuna comes from wind & the sun. We grow as much of our own organic food as possible. Keeping ourselves fed with a staple diet all year round.”

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The Cider HouseThe Forest garden

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Permaculture works Autumn 2017

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It’s Our25th Anniversary Year

Introductions to permaculture

Hollybush Conservation Centre, Leeds

14 October 2017Contact: leedspermaculturenetwork.

org/courses

Concrete Garden, Glasgow4–5 November 2017

(repeated 27–28 January 2018)Contact: lusialderslowe@gmail.com

lusialderslowe.wordpress.com/permaculture-introduction

Hoathly Hill Community, West Sussex

11–12 November 2017Contact: sunrisepermaculture.org.uk/

introduction-to-permaculture chloe.anthony@gmail.com

Braziers Park, Oxfordshire18–19 November 2017

Contact: pgwhitham@gmail.comtrishwhitham.wordpress.com

Stanmer Park, Brighton, East Sussex

25–26 November 2017Contact: contactus@

brightonpermaculture.org.uk brightonpermaculture.org.uk/courses

Unitarian Church Hall, Plymouth

29–30 November 2017Contact: klaudia.co.uk

Leith Crops in Pots, Edinburgh20–21 January 2018

Contact: nonstuff.co.uk

Full permaculture design courses

Design 4 ACTION, Furtherfield Commons, N4, London

29 October 2017–11 March 2018, across 6 weekends

Teachers: Graham Burnett, Claire White, James Taylor, and guest

teachersContact: Graham Burnett

07454086172spiralseed.co.uk

graham@spiralseed.co.uk

Comrie, Central Scotland30 September–14 October 2017Teachers: James Chapman and a

selection of other teachersContact: James Chapman

07790 265883james.nonstuff.chapman@gmail.com

High Heathercombe Centre, Devon

4–18 November 2017Teachers: Aranya, Klaudia van Gool

Contact: Aranya or Jules01297 20908

aranya@learnpermaculture.com

Leeds20 January–8 July 2018,

across 8 weekendsTeachers: Andy Goldring, Helen White,

Niels Corfield, Laura SmithContact: Helen White

admin@leedspermaculturenetwork.org

leedspermaculturenetwork.org/courses

Edinburgh20 January–3 June 2018,

across 6 weekendsTeacher: James ChapmanContact: James Chapman

james.nonstuff.chapman@gmail.comnonstuff.co.uk

Old College, Aberystwyth 21 October 2017–April 2018

Teacher: Angie PolkeyContact: 01970 621580

learning@aber.ac.uk

Ourganics, Dorset27 January–13 May 2018, across 6

weekendsTeachers: Aranya and Pat Bowcock

Contact: 01297 20908aranya@learnpermaculture.com

Nottingham27 January–10 June 2018

Teachers: Paul Paine and Joe AtkinsonContact: Paul Paine

07973 116291neckiep@hotmail.com

Glasgow27 January–17 June 2018

Teachers: Lusi Alderslowe and guest teachers

Contact: lusialderslowe@gmail.com lusialderslowe.wordpress.com/glasgow-

pdc-2018

Applewood, North Herefordshire10 February–24 June 2018

Teachers: Chris Evans and Looby Macnamara

Contact: Chris Evans 01584 831195

cevans@gn.apc.org

Building sustainable communities,

3 March–10 June 2018Teachers: Bryn Thomas, Chloe

Anthony, Stephan Gehrels, Tracy Hind, Daniel Holloway

Contact: 07746185927contactus@brightonpermaculture.

org.uk brightonpermaculture.org.uk

Specialist courses

Preserving the HarvestThe Inkpot, Lincolnshire

21–22 October 2017events@the-inkpot.com

Joel Williams full-day seminar on Soil Health

Glasshouse College, Stourbridge, West Midlands

6 November 201707866674205

bookings@regenag.co.ukregenag.co.uk

Fruit tree planting workshopPeacehaven community orchard,

East Sussex26 November 2017

07746185927contactus@brightonpermaculture.

org.uk brightonpermaculture.org.uk

The First Straw course–preparation course for strawbale

designSt Werburghs Community Centre,

Bristol27 January 2018

clair@schoolofnaturalbuilding.co.ukstrawworks.co.uk/all-our-courses

Training of permaculture teachers

The Inkpot, Lincolnshire9–19 June 2018

hannah_thorogood@hotmail.com the-inkpot.com/tot

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Diploma Gathering24–26 November 2017

YHA Conwy, Conwy, Walesdiploma@permaculture.org.uk

permaculture.org.uk/diploma-gathering-nov-2017

13th International Permaculture Convergence

Conference: 25–26 November 2017Convergence: 27 November–2 December

2017Telangana State Agriculture University,

Premavathi Pet, Hyderabad, Indiaipcindia.org

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